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  • From: "Ernest Plutko" <ernestplutko@wiktel.com>
  • To: nafex@lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [NAFEX] High bush cranberry
  • Date: Wed, 13 Oct 2010 19:43:11 -0500

High bush cranberries taste terrible.

---- Original Message ----
From: cevanko@civconinc.com
To: nafex@lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: RE: [NAFEX] High bush cranberry
Date: Wed, 13 Oct 2010 17:09:08 -0400

>I found some wild high bush cranberries, Viburnum trilobum, growing
>on
>my property. The berries are slightly smaller than a cherry and
>bright red. I collected a few pounds, ran them briefly through the
>food processor, strained the juice and simmered it with some sugar.
>I
>thought the taste was sweet enough but when I left the house to move
>
>some hoses I noticed it smelled like a high school locker room when I
>
>returned. Like socks that were only clean at the beginning of the
>school year. I only made enough for a pint jar and brought it to
>work
>where everyone thought the same as I. If they tried it at all they
>said it tasted OK but the smell was like old socks.
>
>Did I harvest the berries at the wrong time? Or is this jam for a
>starving man? Does anyone have a recipe for making this palatable?
>
>Craig Evankoe
>30 miles sw of Chicago
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